Moore police released new details Friday on two incidents in two different schools in which students had gotten access to THC-laced gummies. Not knowing the difference between a regular gummy candy and one laced with THC could potentially be dangerous for minors. >> See also: Oklahoma lawmakers push to stop illegal marijuana markets“Children don’t recognize that it’s a dose being prescribed or recommended by a physician as a medication,” Scott Schaeffer with Oklahoma’s Center for Poison and Drug Information said. Moore police said they’ve had two separate instances within a week of students having access to THC gummies – one at Central Junior High and the other at Moore High School. “Both incidents involved juveniles, and in each case the juveniles were in possession of gummies that were THC gummies,” Lt. Kyle Johnson with the Moore Police Department said.It’s not clear where they came from.>> See also: Oklahomans wonder if recreational marijuana will be on ballot”We’re still looking into other leads to see if there were any adults involved,” Johnson said. Oklahoma’s Poison Control Center said gummies like these can be dangerous for children.”With children, we haven’t had any fatalities, but we’ve had children that have required being on a ventilator,” Schaeffer said.And, he said, THC isn’t what it used to be. >> Related story: Lawmakers look to create digital banking system for Oklahoma’s marijuana industry”The marijuana that is being sold right now – the THC concentration is dramatically higher than say back in the ‘60s and ‘70s,” he said.Lawmakers have been working on a solution. They tried passing bills on the matter.“The bill we were working on was trying to get to the bottom of packaging and labeling of those marijuana products,” said Sen. Dave Ballard, R-Durant.The bill didn’t make it. A similar bill is alive in the legislative process.KOCO 5 has learned that one student was rushed to the ER in connection with one of the incidents.
Moore police released new details Friday on two incidents in two different schools in which students had gotten access to THC-laced gummies.
Not knowing the difference between a regular gummy candy and one laced with THC could potentially be dangerous for minors.
>> See also: Oklahoma lawmakers push to stop illegal marijuana markets
“Children don’t recognize that it’s a dose being prescribed or recommended by a physician as a medication,” Scott Schaeffer with Oklahoma’s Center for Poison and Drug Information said.
Moore police said they’ve had two separate instances within a week of students having access to THC gummies – one at Central Junior High and the other at Moore High School.
“Both incidents involved juveniles, and in each case the juveniles were in possession of gummies that were THC gummies,” Lt. Kyle Johnson with the Moore Police Department said.
It’s not clear where they came from.
>> See also: Oklahomans wonder if recreational marijuana will be on ballot
“We’re still looking into other leads to see if there were any adults involved,” Johnson said.
Oklahoma’s Poison Control Center said gummies like these can be dangerous for children.
“With children, we haven’t had any fatalities, but we’ve had children that have required being on a ventilator,” Schaeffer said.
And, he said, THC isn’t what it used to be.
>> Related story: Lawmakers look to create digital banking system for Oklahoma’s marijuana industry
“The marijuana that is being sold right now – the THC concentration is dramatically higher than say back in the ‘60s and ‘70s,” he said.
Lawmakers have been working on a solution. They tried passing bills on the matter.
“The bill we were working on was trying to get to the bottom of packaging and labeling of those marijuana products,” said Sen. Dave Ballard, R-Durant.
The bill didn’t make it. A similar bill is alive in the legislative process.
KOCO 5 has learned that one student was rushed to the ER in connection with one of the incidents.
